Deerfield Twp. maintenance man sentenced for spying on women

WARREN COUNTY, Ohio (WKRC) - Judge Robert Peeler sentenced a former Deerfield Township mainentance man to four years in prison, for putting hidden cameras in women's apartments.

Gerald Rowe will also have to register as a Tier 1 sex offender. Rowe worked at the Steeplechase Apartments in Deerfield Township. A woman called police after finding one of his hidden cameras in the vent of her bathroom in May 2016, according to Prosecutor David Fornshell.

Warren County Sheriff's Office detectives found videos from four other apartments from February through May.

Rowe mounted the cameras to get video of the women undressed. One of the videos shows Rowe's face while installing the camera.